Ambivalence

Southern Exposure present their first cassette tape Grandma Loves You by Naarm based musician Sicu. 

Sicu’s first official release after publishing sketches and voice memo recordings across years under a seemingly unending group of aliases. Grandma Loves You unveils itself slowly across 15 textured compositions. The music delicately builds through layers of instrumentation and moves into unconventional peaks, highlighting the important and decisive move from Sicu not to confine music to theory.

Recorded across 5 years, the body of work is vehicled by the piano at her family home in Mitcham. In this way, the album was formed through music reconnection, both by making without the pressure of expectation and through returning to play on her childhood piano. Here, along with the accordion and guitar, Sicu expresses a deep connection to her youth, surroundings and family, with a particular focus on her grandma. This debut has evolved into a dedication to her.

Across 44 minutes of wonky and undulating music, Sicu perfectly captures chaos as calm; each new pattern an apparition of an era or place that can be unique for both artist and listener. Entangling instrumentals that reveal artefacts and intricacies which ultimately reward attentive listening, while simultaneously offering space for the mind to wander freely.

SOEX003
All music by Lisa Miosku @user-783439784
Art by Ajay Jennings
Mixing & Mastering by Hudson Grant

Cassette

SOEX003 - Sicu / Grandma Loves You

bubble beautiful

Wave Your Moonlight Hat for the Snowfall Train

Setting Sun

much to give

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https://open.spotify.com/track/0lnZSP7CudWrxZzNNa85Sw?si=5a67a50019d440dc

can't swim / leave it ~ directed by samuel eidelson

helium cowgirl is out june 17 on streaming services yeehaw !

song 4 beach

a bit out of tune just like my life rn ! <3

persuasion inst

Lovu

Southern Exposure present their first cassette tape Grandma Loves You by Naarm based musician Sicu. 

Sicu’s first official release after publishing sketches and voice memo recordings across years under a seemingly unending group of aliases. Grandma Loves You unveils itself slowly across 15 textured compositions. The music delicately builds through layers of instrumentation and moves into unconventional peaks, highlighting the important and decisive move from Sicu not to confine music to theory.

Recorded across 5 years, the body of work is vehicled by the piano at her family home in Mitcham. In this way, the album was formed through music reconnection, both by making without the pressure of expectation and through returning to play on her childhood piano. Here, along with the accordion and guitar, Sicu expresses a deep connection to her youth, surroundings and family, with a particular focus on her grandma. This debut has evolved into a dedication to her.

Across 44 minutes of wonky and undulating music, Sicu perfectly captures chaos as calm; each new pattern an apparition of an era or place that can be unique for both artist and listener. Entangling instrumentals that reveal artefacts and intricacies which ultimately reward attentive listening, while simultaneously offering space for the mind to wander freely.

SOEX003
All music by Lisa Miosku
Art by Ajay Jennings
Mixing & Mastering by Hudson Grant

SIDE B (21:55) - Snippets

SIDE A (21:55) - Snippets

slip my slope
chew my rope

took some time to get stuck
fell in love and got fucked
faked my friends to move up
quit my drugs and got drunk

lick my lane 
live for fame

when you know that you've won
starts to lose all the fun
spark a cycle, get spun
lose your grip and get dumb

post - MOP

hey been a minute this is a 4 track demo of some shit I've been working on love ya x

afternoon (demo)

not home

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SIDE B (21:55) - Snippets

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